Act with Honor & Respect Quotes
How you treat people when nothing is at stake is who you actually are. Honor and respect open doors that talent alone cannot keep open. This Character path holds history's deepest quotes on integrity, kindness, and respect. Scroll through and put them to work.
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“All honor’s wounds are self-inflicted.”
“Tact is rubbing out another’s mistake instead of rubbing it in.”
“Criticisms are like homing pigeons. They always return home.”
“Hurting a man in his dignity is a crime.”
“Neither look up to the rich nor down on the poor.”
“How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.”
“Passivity is the same as defending injustice.”
“Owning your own feelings, rather than blaming them on someone else, is the mark of a person who has moved from contracted to expanded awareness.”
“Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back.”
“The biggest difference between people is between those who are trying to do the right thing - whether or not they succeed - and those for whom the only question is how much they can get away with.”
“How you treat the helpless is the real test of morality.”
“The true guide of life is to do what is right.”
“Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.”
“The great theatre for virtue is conscience.”
“Being a little bit nicer in each interaction can result in a network of broad and strong connections over time.”
“If someone has the courage to admit they were wrong, you should have the grace to give them credit for admitting it. Rubbing it in encourages them to never admit being wrong again.”
“Tolerance and compassion are qualities of fearless people.”
“It is easy to be a hater. Go for the difficult task: be a lover!”
“To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.”
“The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.”
“The man who in view of gain thinks of righteousness; who in the view of danger is prepared to give up his life; and who does not forget an old agreement however far back it extends - such a man may be reckoned a complete man.”
“How you treat the one reveals how you regard the many, because everyone is ultimately a one.”
“To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.”
“Nice goes much further than mean.”
“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”
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